Infectious Disease

Preventing the spread and promoting the early detection and proper treatment of infectious diseases is a top priority for Project HOPE.

We began addressing tuberculosis (TB) disease in Kazakhstan in 1993, piloting the use of the Directly Observed Treatment Short-Course (DOTS) strategy for TB control. With the support of United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for nine years, Project HOPE has implemented the largest and most comprehensive regional TB control programs in the Central Asian Republics. In 2006, we expanded our TB programs into Africa, with programs to address TB and TB/HIV in Malawi and Namibia.

In 1996, we began incorporating HIV prevention education into our reproductive health programs in Malawi, and have provided HIV prevention education to school children in Russia and Ukraine since 2005. Currently, we provide care and support to Orphans and Vulnerable children in Africa and continue to expand HIV prevention efforts around the globe.

The successful implementations of our health education and humanitarian assistance programs have been highlighted in journal articles, applied in case studies, presented at international global health conferences and developed into posters and other materials that demonstrate our program results. Check out some examples below.

Ukraine HIV Program

• Poster International AIDS Conference 2012: Mobilizing MSM and CSW Communities to Combat HIV in Ukraine

Namibia HIV Programs

• Poster International AIDS Conference 2010: “I know, but I can’t do it.”: Women Face Barriers on the Road to Empowerment and Behavior Change.

Orphan and Vulnerable Children Programs

• PowerPoint: Caring for Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Africa: An Integrated Model in Mozambique and Namibia
• PowerPoint: Improving Quality and Assessing Impact at the Child Level on an Orphans and Vulnerable Children Program in Africa using an Adapted Child Status Index 
• PowerPoint: Serving Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Mozambique and Namibia: Partnerships to Strengthen Micro Credit and Health Education

Mexico HIV Programs

• Poster: Human Rights for PHIV
• Poster: National Aids Conference 2007
• Poster: Occupational Exposure
• Poster: OraSure Rapid Test
• Poster: PMTCT Campaign
• Poster: Solidarity Network
• Poster: Solidarity Network Services Pequeño

Tuberculosis Programs

• Poster 2009: A Logistics Management Information System Performance: Experience from Tajikistan
• American Public Health Association 2008 PowerPoint: Development of National Tuberculosis Communication Strategies in Central Asia
• Poster: A Logistics Management Information System Development in Kazakhstan
• Poster: The Frequency of Serious Adverse Reactions to First-Line TB Drugs in Kyrgyzstan
• Poster: Development of Logistics Management Information Systems in Five Central Asian Countries 2008 
• Poster: Drug Prescribing Practices for Tuberculosis in Uzbekistan Results of Operational Research Tashkent, 2008
• Case Study: Using Incentives to Improve Tuberculosis Treatment Results: Lessons from Tajikistan March 2005 - After four years of implementing an incentives and enablers project in Tajikistan in support of tuberculosis (TB) programs, Project HOPE provides lessons learned on how a food supplement incentive program can substantially increase TB treatment completion and cure rates among poor and vulnerable TB patients.
• Poster: TB Drug Use Study In Tajikistan
• Article Tropical Doctor: Health-care seeking behaviour forTB symptoms in two provinces of Uzbekistan. In Uzbekistan, up to 50% of the population is screened for TB disease annually through mass X-ray screening. This report describes a study that shows the high cost and ineffectiveness of mass radiography for finding cases of TB and discusses the reasons Uzbekistan should redefine its criteria for active case finding.